Kerli Ilves G3IK ANIMAL SHELTERS

 Animal shelters provide care and treatment to animals needing protection, attempt to find homes for homeless animals and reunite lost pets with their families. WHAT IS AN ANIMAL SHELTER?

 Overpopulation  Euthanizing  Less fortunate shelters  Unhealthy animals  Dumped animals PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD

 1. There are about 70 million stray animals living in the U.S.  2. Of this 70 million, only about six to eight million cats and dogs enter the nation’s 3,500 shelters every year, according to the Humane Society of the United States.  3. That evens out to about five homeless animals for every homeless person in the U.S, reports DoSomething.org.  4. The two main reasons animals end up in shelters are because they’ve either been surrendered by their guardians or picked up off the street by animal control officers.  5. About 30 percent of shelter dogs are eventually reclaimed by their guardians, with cats far behind at only 2 to 5 percent.  6. Nearly half of all animals that arrive in U.S. shelters are euthanized because there is a lack of space and adopters, amounting to roughly 2.7 million dead animals every year or five out of every ten dogs and seven out of every ten cats – that’s like 80,000 animals per week.  7. Of all the dogs that enter the shelter system, pit bull types have it the worst with a shockingly high euthanasia rate of 93 percent. FACTS

 YMz_gSg OVER-POPULATION PROBLEMS AT LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTERS

 Professional, animal and human friendly shelters  Owners not satisfied with the service  Animals not treated right COMPARISON TO SITUATION IN ESTONIA

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